It’s Christmas Eve and we went back to Disneyland once again! We entered from the Monorail and it was so much faster than the main entrance!

We were able to get onto the Finding Nemo submarine ride with just a 10-minute wait!

Janie also got to drive a car at Autopia and got her very own driver license!

Peanut didn’t go to Autopia so he got some apples and time to run around.

Then we headed up to Mickey’s Toontown and visited Minnie Mouse at her house.

We had a FastPass for It’s a Small World and had a short 10-minute wait. Yippee!!

The girls got to sit up front in our boat.

Peanut loved the music and sang along to “Jingle Bells”.

After lunch, we went to see Winnie the Pooh and Santa.

Janie brought her Pooh Tsum Tsum to show him.

The kids took a photo with Santa.

Our next FastPass was for Space Mountain and Janie agreed to try it. She is way past the 40-inch mark for these rides so we felt she was ready!!

It was all smiles as we boarded but she held tightly to Mama’s arm and closed her eyes for the entire ride.

We are so proud of her for trying something she was scared to do.

It was almost parade time so we found a spot near the Matterhorn and set up camp. We had a few minutes to kill so the girls went for a spin on the carousel.

While we waited in line, they got a photo with Cinderella who happened to be riding the carousel too!

After the parade, the kids got their light-up toys for the rest of the evening.  Hooray for Target’s bargain section!!

Next challenge for Janie was Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. She rode between Dada and Mama and held on tightly.

She conquered another fear and decided to go a second time!! Woohoo!

After dinner, we went out to see the lighting of the castle and it started to snow!! Peanut kept yelling “on my head!!”

As a reward for all her bravery, we stopped at the candy store to pick out a special treat. The girls chose to get Jelly Bellies. Yum.

We love Disneyland at night. All the lights are so pretty!

All the kids were wide awake still so we went back to Fantasyland to ride Dumbo. Weeeeee!!

Before the fireworks started, Janie decided to go on Space Mountain one more time.

Can you see her hiding in Mama’s arm?

Meanwhile, Peanut rode Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters and LOVED it.

He loved it so much that he went a second time at the end of the night and left the ride saying “that was fun, pew pew!”

We had a full and exciting day at Disneyland with both kids really toughing it out without any meltdowns. Peanut also took a good nap and the two strollers really came in handy at the end of the night. We took this photo as we exited. Janie was passed out and Peanut was still fired up from his “pew-pew” ride. Until next year!!